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jasdeep_brar

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Which of the following statements is true of a culture of poverty?
 
  A) Its existence ceases once the economic factors that created it no longer exist.
 B) The real culprit is the social system that allows poverty to exist.
 C) It arises after extended periods of economic deprivation in highly stratified capitalistic societies.
 D) The distinctive culture of the poor is not the cause but the result of their continuing poverty.

Question 2

The _____ to define poverty states that a person is poor when his or her income is substantially less than the average income of the population.
 
  A) absolute approach
 B) situational approach
 C) relative approach
 D) generational approach



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C



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